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Delsey took a single sip, felt her stomach twist, then, thank the Good Lord, it quieted down "I’ve heard of you, Agent--"

"Call me Ruth"

"Okay, Ruth Most everyone at Stanislaus has heard of you, Ruth, you and your husband, Sheriff Noble I heard a Stanislaus student was ot it sorted out"

"A lot of the wouys do, too It will get even worse now that Griffin’s in town When the wohts"

Ruth sht He’s quite a package"

"Poor Griffin, he has to deal with fe on to him Maybe the older women want to h the door with Nurse Morsi, who checked Delsey’s pulse, put a stethoscope to her chest, and said "good" several tiic med, Nurse Morsi produced a saltine cracker "Chew on this, Delsey Go slow, that’s right, a bit at a time It will help with the nausea"

Delsey chewed on the cracker Her stoood"

"A flash of nausea is coone, right?"

Delsey took the last bite of cracker, waited for a ive you an injection to calht that showed up on your blood tests That can’t be helping Right noant you to lie still, have some more water and saltines when you feel like it, and let your body reboot"

Nurse Morsi left after a long look at Griffin, one Delsey recognized as saying, How about I buy you a drink? Delsey focused on her brother "Griffin, I don’t understand What are you doing here?"

"I was onhere to surprise you"

"Did you see Jennifer?"

"Yes, she’s fine, made me the best waffles on the planet"